Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatissis an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. Some of his notable works include writing for and acting in TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock, the latter of which he also co-created. He is a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen alongside Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth17 October 1966
CitySedgefield, England
real thinking horror-stories
The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's a lot more horror in 'Holmes' that people possibly think of. There's a lot of curses and mysticism and real scares.
firsts tvs remember
The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.
trust-no-one facts use
Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'.
girlfriend phases
I had a girlfriend before I ever had a boyfriend, but it was just a phase.
thinking actors sometimes
I'm an actor and a writer, that's how I think of myself. Sometimes my time is divided equally, sometimes less equally, but that's what I do.
struggle play crowns
I love the Shakespeare history plays; I love the struggle for the crown as a plot.
character men interesting
That's what makes characters interesting. If Sherlock [Holmes] had started out being a straightforward man, we wouldn't be talking about him now. If he became one, that would be interesting. But you have to give him somewhere to go, as [Conan] Doyle did.
swim awful leisure
I used to go to the gym regularly and swim an awful lot, but that was when I was unemployed and knew leisure intimately.
disease nostalgia nostalgic
I'm terribly nostalgic, but I'm with the Elizabethans who thought nostalgia was a disease. It's a dangerous place to be because you can get caught up in it.
war home europe
Europe is so much the home of Horror, with its myths of vampires, werewolves, witchcraft and the undead, yet it's like those myths were exported to Hollywood, leaving Europe the room to develop a new tradition as a way of processing its traumas, particularly the two world wars.
different conan moriarty
We made our Moriarty very different to [Conan] Doyle's. He's Irish, and he brings all his charm, his twinkle and his humor to it while he's also terrifying.
sweet men mets
Benedict is bumbly, sweet, affable; the nicest man you've met.
light dying littles
If not exactly raging against the dying of the light, I was at least a little cross with it.
men fishes one-man
One man's fish is another man's poisson.